Old Grand-Dad was a distiller named Basil Hayden who made his name by distilling a bourbon whiskey made with a higher percentage of rye giving it a more robust and spicy flavor. The distillery he started (along with his recipe) was handed down from generation to generation and it was his grandson, a 3rd generation distiller who ended up naming the whiskey after his grandpa Old Grand-Dad. During prohibition the company who owned Old Grand-Dad made the whiskey as a “medicinal whiskey” that could be purchased with a doctor’s prescription keeping this delicious tipple alive, kicking and good for what ails ya.
One thing you’ll notice on the bottle of Old Grand-Dad is that it says, in very large letters, Bottled In Bond. What that means is that the whiskey was made during one distillation season (Jan – Dec) by one distiller at one distillery. But that’s not all. It must also be aged in a federally bonded warehouse for at least 4 years and be bottled at 100 proof. The bottle’s label must also list the distillery it was created in and where it was bottled at (if different than the distillery). Most folks think it’s a relic of ye olden days, but I think it’s fantastic and really shows off the talent of the distiller who can’t rely on multi-distillation blending to get the flavor right but skill and experience alone. Of all “The Olds” Old Grand-Dad is my favorite and also happens to be one of the whiskeys I believe doesn’t get the respect that it deserves. Next time you’re hosting a blind bourbon tasting add this to your line up. You’ll be surprised how many of your fellow whiskey snobs will tell you they like it but might have turned their nose up if they had known what it was. Just goes to show that you can’t judge a whiskey by it’s bright orange label. http://thewhiskeyjug.com/bourbon-whiskey/old-grand-dad-review/ -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 3/28/14, anartax...@yahoo.com <anartax...@yahoo.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Is TM an Effortless Practice? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, March 28, 2014, 9:13 PM Like Jack Daniel's burning holes through your karma. Smooth. (Although on the web some say Jack Daniels is for pussies: It isn't so much that Jack is bad, (but it ain't great) it is that outside of being drank neat, it isn't detectable as whiskey, it’s more of a light sweet water. Jack & Coke is something that children vomit from on their birthdays. Much like light beer, Jack’s loyalty lies in the fear of something different and the fear of not knowing what to order in a bar.) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote : Xeno, for me the best descriptors would be the words flowing and simple. But I bet others would choose different words as the best descriptors. On Friday, March 28, 2014 3:48 PM, "anartaxius@..." <anartaxius@...> wrote: With regard to effortlessness, exactly what would be regarded as 'effortless'? The definition of effortless is 'requiring no physical or mental exertion'. The word has synonymseasyoffhandpainlessuncomplicatedchild's playcursiveduck soupfacileflowingfluentlightno problemno sweatpicnicpiece of cakeroyalrunningsimplesmoothsnapundemandinguntroublesome Now if you take Zen meditation, and remove the posture requirements usually associated with it and also allow the eyes to close, and just sit comfortably and do nothing, not even starting a mantra, just being still, this would seem pretty effortless. The mind just goes where it will and whatever experience comes through the senses also is just handled like in TM, basically take it as it comes. From the information published online by Adyashanti, he seems to recommend something like this. He even calls it 'True Meditation' and describes it as the 'natural state'. I think good quality comparative research might be revealing here, as both these kinds of meditation seem to have produced very positive results for people in spite of some interesting differences (which Lawson mentioned in a post earlier). The argument that meditation x is 0.01% more effortless than meditation y seems to be pointless splitting hairs. Perhaps research might show that doing two different kinds of meditation might produce superior results to just one kind. There is also the issue of what feels natural to the person meditating.
